Middlemarch, Chapter 54 — краткое содержание

Что происходит

1. Dorothea leaves Freshitt for Lowick despite objections to her living alone and suggestions that she needs a companion or another husband.
2. She arranges Casaubon’s notebooks, seals away his work plan, and privately rejects the demand that she submit her beliefs to his.
3. Hoping to see Will, she visits the Farebrothers but gains no news that answers her questions about him.
4. Will calls to say goodbye and explains his plans for legal training and political work in London.
5. Their conversation turns painfully toward separation, poverty, and possessions, while neither understands what prevents the other from speaking openly.
6. Sir James arrives, exchanges cold greetings with Will, and reinforces the pride that keeps Will apart from Dorothea.

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Will approaches an admission of his feelings without making one. The sentence captures how desire is checked by pride, money, and fears that neither person fully explains.

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